Thanks
for checking out this week’s Blondes vs. Brunettes blog.
First,
just in the way of breaking news, tomorrow starts the 4th annual Blonde
vs. Brunette Chess Tournament that has been held in Moscow as part of the World
Chess Tournament since 2011. The first match was won by the brunettes; the
blondes came back to win in 2012 and last year’s tournament was a draw. So the blondes and brunettes are in a dead
heat with each other. Hopefully, this
year one of the teams will charge ahead and take the lead. I won’t go on any further because this is
already on our blog schedule in a couple of weeks.
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You
recall last November there were two blog posts regarding the Washington D.C.
Blondes vs. Brunettes Powderpuff football game which is a fund raising event in
support of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Well, over the holiday, the official photos were posted on line –
they’re obviously much better than the rinky-dink pictures that I took at the
event – so I have put some of these up for you.
Also, the game raised $96,000 which is pretty darn good since it just
one out of maybe ~ 25 cities in the country that host the game. I realize that many of you live near these cities
so I encourage you to support the event … take a few buddies and tailgate with
the blondes, the brunettes or both!!
Recent
news and/or upcoming events:
- Bakersfield, California. The first Bakersfield Blondes vs. Brunettes football game was played on March 8th. No word on who the won the game, but $17,332 was raised in support of the Alzheimer’s Organization.
- Boston, Mass. The Boston chapter held their preseason party at Boston Beer Works on Canal Street, February 20th.
- Charlotte, North Carolina. Draft party announced for April 3, 2014 @ The Tavern on Morehead Street in Charlotte.
- Cleveland, Ohio. Blondes vs. Brunettes Cleveland's 2014 game will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 11 a.m. on Cleveland State University’s Krenzler Field.
- Houston, Texas. Game time is 12 noon, April 26th, at the Carl Lewis Field, University of Houston.
- Jackson, Mississippi. The Alzheimer's Association, Mississippi Chapter, held their 2014 Kick-Off Party on March 6th at the Parlor Market in Jackson. The Draft Party is scheduled for April 10th at the Iron Horse Grill.
- Lubbock, Texas. The Alzheimer's Association is working to hold Blondes vs. Brunettes game on Saturday, June 21, at the Jones AT&T Stadium. They are also holding a draft party Tuesday, Apr. 1, at Buffalo Wild Wings on 19th Street. It's an opportunity for girls to learn more information.
- Raleigh, North Carolina. The Raleigh Blondes vs. Brunettes chapter held their draft party at the Cornerstone Tavern on March 29. Photos of the event:
OK,
that’s enough for now, but I do plan to provide weekly updates on this very
worthwhile charity. If you live near one
of these cities, please support the girls of your choice: Blondes or Brunettes!
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I
don’t know about you, but I’ve always been a leg man. Breasts are nice too, but great legs drive me
nuts.
Years
ago it was easier to appreciate the fine lines and forms of the female leg, but
short skirts have become less popular as time passes. Indeed, of the many changes
society has gone through over the years few things have torqued me off like the
migration of female wait staffs from skirts to slacks.
Yup,
that’s right.
I
get livid just thinking about it. Having waitresses wear black slacks is a
national tragedy just short of Pearl Harbor and 9-11.
Hard
for younger folks to believe it, but right up through the early 90s almost all female
wait staffs wore skirts, often quite short. In some fancy places, they wore dresses
slit all the way up the side. As an example, Boston had a restaurant called
“The Top of the Hub” which was on the top floor of the Prudential Building. The
entire dining room staff was outfitted in gowns slit on both sides all the way
to the top of their thighs.
The
Top of the Thighs at the Top of the Hub – those were the good old days!
One
of my first jobs when I was teenager was at a Sheraton hotel that had a lobby
bar and a regular bar attached to the dining room. Every cocktail waitress, of which there
always seemed to be 5-10 on shift at any given time, wore a mini skirt, dark
nylons, and heels. As a 14 year old cleaning guy, I loved working the lobby and
watching the gals strut back and fro with flashing their legs. These days you
have to go to a casino to find these outfits, but they were much, much more
common ‘back in the day.’
The
maids were dressed nice too, all in mid thigh skirts, sans heels of course. One
of the first truly serious make out sessions I had in my life was with one of
those maids, a gal who was three years older than me. An olive skinned, brown eyed brunette.
** I
was helping her clean a room.**
:)
Man,
I was in heaven. Blondes and brunettes in minis and heels. I used to grade
their legs on a scale of 1-10; seems that blondes almost always came out on
top. Blondes always, and I mean always, had
better calves. But I told myself, “Well, the brunettes had better thighs.”
Mmmmmm
... really?
But
whose legs were stronger?
Of
course, I always thought the brunettes had stronger, more powerful legs. Even after that famous conversation I had
with my baby sitter (October’s blog entry) and despite the fact that I had seen
some brunettes come out on the losing end of a few battles with blondes, I
always thought the brunettes were physically stronger.
But let’s get back to those female waitresses. To give
you an idea of what I’m talking about, check out this clip from Honey West episode
“A Million Bucks in Anyone’s Language”.
Now I’m not suggesting that every fast food place back in the mid 60s
featured waitresses that looked this good or were so scantily attired and even
if they were, the mid 60s were before my time so how the hell would I even
know? But certainly in the 70s you would
see wait staffs skimpily dressed such as the girls that worked in the Sheraton.
By the way the brunette in this clip is a lady by the
name of Judy Kane. Her character’s name
was “Dottie.”
I’ve looked her up on the internet every which way and it
seems that she only has one appearance in her illustrious TV/movie career and
that would be this episode of Honey West.
I’m not kidding.
That’s it
There are dozens of Judy Kanes out there selling real
estate, raising families and such and several have died in the past couple of
decades, but I have no idea which one is which.  |
| http://www.mediafire.com/watch/w4l3xchzipqfai9/Now_That's_a_Waitress!.wmv |
The scene with her standing next to Ann Francis is great.
Admittedly there’s no **tension** between them and after all since the name of
this blog is Blondes vs. Brunettes so it would have been delicious if the
brunette was tied in with the bad guys and it all led to Kane-Francis slugfest,
but just to see them next to each other is a real bell ringer for me even if
nothing really happens.
And speaking of great Blonde vs. Brunette scenes where
nothing really happens, in last week’s blog entry there was this really perfect
scene in the movie “Back From Eternity” where blonde Anita Ekberg blows
cigarette smoke in the face of a brunette showgirl. No response from the gorgeous
brunette which was too bad because the brunette was the same size as the
Amazonian Ekberg so it would have been one hell of a battle.
“Who exactly is this dark haired stunner? She’s drop-dead gorgeous … perfect … why that’s exactly what a woman
is supposed to look like!!!”
After some poking around, I determined that her name is
Marilyn Hanold and she was in a number of films, mostly B-grade, during the 50s
and 60s.
She was also a Playboy centerfold. No surprise there !!!
AND … she has her own Wikipedia page
Lots of pics on the internet. Wow!
The interesting thing about Hanold is that although she
never became a major star like Ekberg, she did well, apparently married a nice
guy, an oil executive , and lived happily in the Salt Lake City area raising
three children and tending to her family.
After her husband passed away, she remained active in the Salt Lake
Community.
Ekberg’s life, by comparison, has turned into a sad
story. Multiple divorces, no children
and anger that the Swedish people never appreciated her work. More recently she was hospitalized in Italy
where she lives, her house was broken into and then burned down and she was reduced
to living on charity. A sad journey.
Well, that just goes to show you why polls always say
that men prefer to date blondes but would rather marry brunettes. Marilyn Hanold,
a smart, stable and secure brunette has led an enviable life. Ekberg, alone in her 80s, is destitute.
I do feel bad for her.
Back to that gorgeous brunette, Hanold. Since she’s living in the USA, Salt Lake
City, perhaps I should try to contact her. Hmmm, I wonder what her response
might be ….
Anyway,
back to legs …
Many
moons ago, I had a gym teacher that had girls leg wrestle each other. Sadly, I can’t remember the match ups and in
general, the boys were shooed away and sent to the basketball courts. But the matches were, maybe still are (?) called
“Indian Leg wrestling” matches. I plan to scout around the web and look for
some good blonde vs. brunette match ups!
In
any event, in a strange roundabout way, that brings us to today’s blog entry on
Head Scissors.
I
know what you’re thinking: “Yessss!!!!
Finally we get to the catfight part of this week’s blog!!”
My interest
in this as a standalone topic was generated by an old California Supreme video titled,
appropriately enough, “Head scissors”.
Once
again we get to meet our friend Ron Dvorkin, busy doing the Lord’s work,
matching blondes against brunettes in a wrestling contest. I first saw this on
an old Crystal Films tape about 10 years ago. Naturally, I expected the dark
haired girls to easily wrap up the blondes and pop their heads with their
powerful leg muscles.
Nope,
wrong again. There are two matches
featuring three girls. The blonde is a girl called “Little E” and although she
doesn’t look very powerful, she seems to be a great fighter. The two brunettes are Dixie, a very
powerfully built gymnast and Sherry Whitlow, one of Southern California’s
legendary apartment / bikini wrestlers from the 1960s. Slim and fit, Sherry was not one to trifle
with.
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| http://www.mediafire.com/watch/9t651kwo7nupev8/Headscissors.wmv and http://www.mediafire.com/watch/76ff0x1htqaff1v/Leg_Lock.mp4 |
But
somehow blonde haired Little E manages to not only beat the two brunettes but she
makes it look so easy! She’s actually
laughing at Dixie and Sherry as she holds them helplessly in a leg lock.
You
have to wonder if the *fix* was in on these matches – there’s no way these
brunettes should have gone down so easily.
So and so didn’t even put up a fight, she just went straight down.
Looks
like bag job to me. Maybe someday I’ll drop a note to Dvorkin and ask him.
Next
up is a short clip. I have no idea where
this is from and it’s been on my hard drive, no pun intended, for so long I
can’t remember where I downloaded it from.
But I’d like to see more, that’s for sure.
This
clip is pretty humiliating for the brunette.
The blonde is laughing at her and taunting her … oh my, what I wouldn’t
give to watch the brunette slap that blonde!!
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Whew!!
That was a lot. As the weather gets
better and I’m outside planting flowers and such, I probably won’t have enough
time to bang out blog entries as long as this one. But the weather today was
crappy, so I thought I’d do as much as possible.
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The
schedule:
Apr
6 – The Real Deal, The Girl across the Street
13 – Checkmate!
20 – Easter Sunday break; no blog entry – sorry!!
6 – The Real Deal, The Girl across the Street
13 – Checkmate!
20 – Easter Sunday break; no blog entry – sorry!!
27 – Athleticism
May
4 -- Cruising around Wikipedia
May
4 -- Cruising around Wikipedia
11 -- Westerns, part 1
18 -- The Warring Tribes
25 -- Who were these people in the photo?
Jun
1 – Ron & Jeff
18 -- The Warring Tribes
25 -- Who were these people in the photo?
Jun
1 – Ron & Jeff
8 -- The Real Deal, Thumb Fight!
15 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 1
22 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 2
29 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 3
July
6 -- Foreign movies, various spy flicks
13 -- The Real Deal, Miss Edy
20 -- The Awesome Martine Beswick
27 -- SUMMER BREAK
Aug
3 -- SUMMER BREAK
10 -- SUMMER BREAK
17 -- Secretaries
24 -- Classic B&W
31 -- Don't Get into a Knife Fight with a blonde
Sep
7 -- Total Recall
14 -- The Real Deal again
21 -- Various peplum
28 -- Dr. Woodruff
Oct -- it's been a year now
6 -- Action flicks
13 -- More oaters
20 -- Don't Get Into a Swordfight with a blonde
15 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 1
22 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 2
29 -- Kansas City Here I Cum, part 3
July
6 -- Foreign movies, various spy flicks
13 -- The Real Deal, Miss Edy
20 -- The Awesome Martine Beswick
27 -- SUMMER BREAK
Aug
3 -- SUMMER BREAK
10 -- SUMMER BREAK
17 -- Secretaries
24 -- Classic B&W
31 -- Don't Get into a Knife Fight with a blonde
Sep
7 -- Total Recall
14 -- The Real Deal again
21 -- Various peplum
28 -- Dr. Woodruff
Oct -- it's been a year now
6 -- Action flicks
13 -- More oaters
20 -- Don't Get Into a Swordfight with a blonde
27 -- The survey says ...
Nov
9 -- The Real Deal once more
23 -- Football rematch
Dec
7 -- The Real Deal in a Ring
21 -- Scissors
Nov
9 -- The Real Deal once more
23 -- Football rematch
Dec
7 -- The Real Deal in a Ring
21 -- Scissors
